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OpenAI backs startup aiming to block AI-enabled bio weapons
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OpenAI backs startup aiming to block AI-enabled bio weapons

ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Thursday said it will invest in a startup focused on blocking bad actors from creating biological weapons powered by artificial intelligence….

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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son. (Reuters)
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SoftBank offloads entire Nvidia stake for $5.8 billion in surprise move| Business News

SoftBank Group Corp. sold its entire stake in Nvidia Corp., pocketing $5.8 billion ahead of a rash of planned investments by founder Masayoshi Son to…

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says it “might make sense” for governments to build their own AI infrastructure for public benefit. (Reuters)
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OpenAI doesn’t want a US bailout, Sam Altman says amid fears of an AI bubble| Business News

Sam Altman has pushed back at the idea that OpenAI Inc. would seek federal guarantees to reduce the risk of its AI infrastructure spending spree,…

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Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc. (Bloomberg)
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OpenAI wants US government loans to fund its AI investments of over $1 trillion| Business News

ChatGPT creator OpenAI, the world’s largest private company, is asking the US government to provide loan guarantees for its massive infrastructure expansion that will eventually…

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OpenAI recently turned into a for-profit enterprise. (Reuters)
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OpenAI, Amazon strike $38-billion deal for ChatGPT to use AWS| Business News

Amazon.com Inc. will supply OpenAI with cloud computing services under a multi-year $38-billion deal, giving the ChatGPT maker access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia…

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk (left) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. (AFP)
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‘You stole a non-profit,’ Elon Musk says on OpenAI’s for-profit status. Sam Altman responds.| Business News

Techbros Sam Altman and Elon Musk traded jibes online over the status of OpenAI Inc., after the AI company they co-founded turned into for-profit enterprise…

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An OpenAI IPO is not our focus, so we could not possibly have set a date, a spokesperson for the ChatGPT creator says. (Reuters)
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An OpenAI IPO at $1-trillion valuation? Sam Altman said to begin work for 2026 listing| Business News

OpenAI Inc. has started laying the groundwork for an IPO that could peg the ChatGPT creator’s valuaton at up to $1 trillion, setting the stage…

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. (AFP)
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Nvidia picks up billion-dollar stake in Nokia as AI push deepens| Business News

Nvidia Corp. has decided to make a billion-dollar investment in Nokia Oyj, as the world’s most-valued company looks to spread its AI net far and…

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (AFP)
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Microsoft, OpenAI strike new deal that pegs ChatGPT maker’s valuation at $500 billion| Business News

Microsoft Corp. and Open AI have struck a new deal that allows the ChatGPT maker to restructure into a public benefit corporation. That gives OpenAI…

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OpenAI backs a new venture trying to thwart AI bio attacks
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OpenAI backs a new venture trying to thwart AI bio attacks

It’s a nightmare scenario: A terrorist without much training uses an artificial intelligence program to engineer a supervirus combining the incubation period of HIV, the…

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